Working together we can provide the tools necessary to make Online Hotel Reservations in India a reality. Today, every Indian traveler is asking a very simple question:
“If Indian Railways can do it, why can't private hotels”?
Everyone knows that Indian Railways is the world's largest rail network. So if a slow, mammoth organization like that can put up an extremely efficient Internet booking and home delivery ticketing system, what is holding back the Indian hotel industry?
Isn't it ironic that an industry that prides itself in delivering a superior customer experience has not bothered to offer its guests the same instant reservation facility? The un-written motto for success of hoteliers worldwide is; “Exceed your guests' expectation”. A guest, who visits other popular tourist spots across the world and makes his hotel reservations on the Internet, would naturally expect to do the same for visiting a technology savvy country like India .
The Opportunity
India has finally come of age in the travel business. Both domestic and international travel will take centre stage in 2005. With healthy growth of private airlines for domestic and international travel, the Indian traveler as well as the International traveler visiting India , will finally have a wide choice of travel menus. Indian hoteliers do not want to be left behind.
Of course, one of the key reasons why hoteliers here have not taken up online reservations is due to the lack of a good, reliable online solutions provider. But now the industry is waking up and realizing the need to embrace technology for better profitability . ResAvenue is the only solution of its kind which lets them do this.
Some of the early adopters of ResAvenue who are continuously delighting their guests are:
a) www.krahejahospitality.com
b) www.holidayregency.com
c) www.ramojifilmcity.com
Who will benefit from the Avenues IRP?
The Avenues India Reseller Program (AIRP) is designed to reward Internet-related businesses (ISOs, ASPs, PSPs, VARs etc) that are looking to market real-time online reservations and payment solutions to their hospitality industry customers. In order for Internet Service Providers, web hosting solution providers, web developers, designers, shopping cart systems and other related companies to succeed in this fast-paced, competitive environment; they need the ability to provide domain specific eCommerce solutions to their clients. Avenues India has specially created this Reseller Program to allow these companies and consultants to tap the commercial opportunity by offering these services to their hospitality customers.
Key Benefits:
The Avenues India Reseller Program (AIRP) offers many benefits, some of which include:
- The ability to enhance your product value with India 's best Internet hotel reservation software that comes with an in-built multi-currency payment processing solution.
- The ability to offer complete, end-to-end, eCommerce solutions to your customers, including acceptance of online payments, without having to take on the risk on behalf of the hotel.
- The ability to bundle the ResAvenue Internet hotel reservation solution with your services and thereby giving you new opportunities to deepen the relationship with your clients.
- The ability to earn additional revenue from each customer through the Avenues India Reseller Program. This additional revenue will come from existing / potential clients in your own domain and you need not spend your energy or resources in tapping new domains.
- The hospitality industry has the most volatile, perishable product inventory in the world. The traditional Hindi phrase most apt for this inventory is `RAAT GAYEE TOH BAAT GAYEE'. It is all about getting those `HEADS on the BEDS', and getting them every day on all the beds in the hotel establishment. So hoteliers will welcome with open arms, any player who can help them achieve this.
An Avenues Reseller has a choice of business models that he can use when he opts to promote ResAvenue to hoteliers in his territory. Avenues will provide full support at every stage of the selling process.
a) Direct Sale Model:
Approach hotels in your city. Any hotel. The hotel doesn't even need to have a website, when you approach it.
Introduce them to the benefits of Internet reservations - we will provide you with a complete sales kit to help you make the sale. Sign them up for ResAvenue.
If they don't have a website, create a website for them, you can charge them separately for this. As a registered reseller, you can access and use any of the 50 FREE hotel website templates that we provide.
Help integrate ResAvenue with their website, teach them how to manage their inventory and introduce them to the direct-to-customer internet marketing model.
You can independently deepen your commercial relationship with the hotel by adding value to your offerings. For instance, you can help by optimizing the hotel's website for search engine marketing or you can manage pay-per-click campaigns and other internet brand management initiatives to drive bookings to the property. The opportunities that ResAvenue will open up for you are immense.
b) Travel Agent Portal Model :
You can market hotel rooms as an independent agent for multiple properties in your city or area. This works best when the hotels in your city or area are still not aware of Internet marketing, or are reluctant to manage their own properties on the Internet. This can be a lucrative business. Here is what you have to do:
Approach hotels in your city. Tell them the benefits of Internet reservations and sign them up for ResAvenue. We will provide you with a complete sales kit to help you make the sale.
Create a portal where you can put up the hotel rooms from the hotels you represent. Manage the inventory of the hotels you represent and market these hotel rooms for a handsome commission on each sale.
Here is an example:
Let's say, the prominent foreign tourist destination Khajuraho falls within your marketing reach.
You can create a portal like http://www.hotelskhajuraho.com and start an online travel agency.
Do Internet marketing and attract foreign travelers seeking the pleasures of the KamaSutra in India and the culture hungry Indian tourist to your portal.
Give them an end to end solution which includes instant reservations on hotel rooms.
The commercial opportunity in this business model is limitless as the tourism sector is in a state of tremendous growth.
As you can see, as a Reseller with Avenues opens up new opportunities for you that is limited only by your imagination. Register As a Reseller Now !
